Plain Valentine – Steve Macdonald

I don’t have two nickels
I can’t buy you wine
Or candlesticks for your supper
But the table’s just fine.
And I love you so, darlin’
It’ll just have to do
This plain old Valentine’s for you.

Yeah, the saying’s so simple
But easily confused
Among frills and pretty paper
It’s often abused.
But I love you so, darlin’
It’ll just have to do
This plain old Valentine’s for you.

No, I can’t buy you chocolates
But I can hold you just fine
I may not get you diamonds
But I’ll ask you, “Be mine.”
I can’t give you a fortune
But I can give you my heart.
It’s not much, but a good place to start

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I wrote this on a dare from a work colleague who was critical of the fact that I didn’t have enough money to buy my wife a large Valentine’s Day present. I told her that I could do better- and in the end Susan appreciated the result.